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Discussion boards are available where students can both seek and provide
help in understanding the UEB rules. The course is monitored by instructors
experienced in braille who address both technical and code related questions,
if other participants are not able to do so. The flexibility of monthly offerings
allows students to repeat or exit the course without high-stakes
consequences, and also honors the time constraints of busy professionals in
a demanding field. The enrollment limits and repeated offerings also mean
that more than 8,000 participants can be trained over the life of the project.
These details make UEBOT-1 a logical step in instructional methods,
but the critical questions of effectiveness and quality have not yet been
answered. University instruction over the last two decades has seen the
implementation of content management systems (CMS) and learning
management systems (LMS) that have attempted to relieve some of the
administrative burdens of teaching (Agarwal, 2013). These systems have
been received with mixed reactions but over time the use of these systems
has become a reality at most institutions (see
www.gse.upenn.edu/pressroom/press-releases/2013/12). They offer a
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